Pavlos Dermitzakis (; born 29 June 1969) is a

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professional

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and former player.

Playing career

Dermitzakis began his football career in

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, playing for amateur local side Vyron Kavala. In 1987, he was acquired by the city's most prestigious club

, where he played for five years in both the

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and

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tiers of the

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, and scoring a total of 47 goals. In 1992, Dermitzakis joined

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side

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

, where he spent the next three years of his career. In his last season with

, he was not among coach

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's first choices, and as a result, his playing time was severely limited. He made a total of 4 league appearances for

during the 1994–95 Alpha Ethniki and another 4 in the

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. He subsequently moved to fellow top-tier side Athinaikos for the first half of the 1995–96 season, followed by

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for the second half, recording 9 and 13 caps for each side respectively. In the following years, Dermitzakis spent the remainder of his career on season-long contracts with various clubs playing in the

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and

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, consecutively signing with

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, Panegialios,

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, Anagennisi Karditsa, and Atromitos Athens and back to

, until his retirement in 2001 to pursue a managerial career. During his 13-year professional career, Dermitzakis made a total of 327 caps and scored 106 goals across all three professional divisions of the

Managerial career

Dermitzakis began his managerial career at

, at the time playing in the

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, succeeding

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. He then moved to fellow

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-based club Atsalenios, whom he also managed to promote to the

, this time as champions of Group 10. Dermitzakis cemented his post in Atsalenios, maintaining an undefeated home record during the 2005−06 and 2006−07 seasons in which the club finished in 4th and 3rd place respectively, narrowly missing out on promotion to the

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. After his departure from Atsalenios in 2007, Dermitzakis moved to fellow

club Diagoras, achieving promotion to the

as champions of the Southern Group, once again achieving an undefeated home record for the

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-based club. He managed the club in the

until 30 November 2009, when he resigned from his post to take over management of Superleague side Panthrakikos. Although Panthrakikos had already failed to avoid relegation when Dermitzakis took over, he managed to improve the

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performance and led the club to its first victories in the 2009−10 Superleague season. In the summer of 2010, Dermitzakis was rumored to take over management of

, who instead appointed

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manager Mario Beretta as head coach for the club. Dermitzakis eventually replaced

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after his sacking in pre-season, but he was himself also fired a few months later on 17 October 2010, after three consecutive losses vs.

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, fierce club rival

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and Panathinaikos. On 21 January 2011, Dermitzakis agreed to take over fellow Superleague club

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, but in May 2011 his contract was terminated on mutual consent. On 31 October 2012 Dermitzakis returned to Panthrakikos once again in the Supereleague, again faced with difficult odds as he took over management with just six points on the Table after 8 match-days. Despite the odds, he did not only manage to stay clear of relegation, but also achieved the best ever finish of the club in the competition (10th place). He additionally managed to reach the

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Semi-Finals, where Panthrakikos were eventually eliminated by competition winners

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. In 2013, Dermitzakis returned to

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and briefly served as manager of Superleague club OFI. In September 2014 he returned to the club where he first started his managerial career, taking over management of

also in the

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. However, he failed to improve

' position in the League Table after replacing

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manager Juan Ferrando, and therefore the club terminated his contract three months later, in December 2014. In January 2015, Dermitzakis was appointed manager of

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side

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. He left the club shortly after, in March. In the summer of the same year, Dermitzakis moved to

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and was hired by First Division club

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. His contract was terminated in September, when the club's board of directors felt he did not meet club expectations. In July 2020, Dermitzakis was appointed manager of

side

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. Veria was crowned champion under Dermitzakis management for two consecutive seasons as they finished first in 2020–21 Football League winning promotion to Super League 2 where again they finished 1st in the 2021–22 Super League 2 North Group but failed to win promotion through the play off games twice against Leviadiakos and Lamia. His contract expired on 30 June 2022 and the new club board decided not to renew his contract. In November 2022, Dermitzakis was appointed manager of Panserraikos F.C., which were playing in

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. In his only season in charge, he took over the reins from former Greek international goalkeeper Dimitris Eleftheropoulos, who was sacked after three games, and the team mounted an impressive campaign from the very start of his reign with a rock-solid defence and capable offence. Taking over at 7th place, the club was ahead 10 points by January and continued to perform even after the 2–month break from January to March following the league's financial scandal. They also achieved a notable run in that year's

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, only being stopped by eventual

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winners

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. With three matchdays at hand, Panserraikos clinched the North Group title and the long-awaited participation in the Superleague for the first time in 12 years at their

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with a 3–1 win over Dermitzakis' former club Diagoras. The next three matchdays were not won by Panserraikos because of their already acquired status and at the end of the season, Panserraikos lifted the Super League Greece 2 trophy as champions of the North Group and Dermitzakis and his players received a heroes' welcome back at the city of

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. In spite of the blossoming success as Panserraikos manager, in July 2023, after a lot of speculation, he terminated his contract with the club on mutual consent. He was succeeded by Pablo García. In September 2024 it was announced his role as coach of AEL has come to an end with a record of 17 wins, 12 draws and three losses in a total of 32 matches.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Alex. Mastrogiannopoulos (93.html to 95.html)
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